Off-Broadway's CARRIE to Receive Cast Recording

Ghostlight Records announced today that they will go into the recording studio with the cast of Carrie next week, April 17, to record the first-ever cast album. Release dates for the album will be announced at a later time.

On the announcement that Ghostlight would be releasing the cast album of Carrie, book writer Lawrence D. Cohen said: "It's enormously gratifying to know that after its 80-performance resurrection on stage at the Lortel Theater, Carrie will continue its rebirth with the cast recording of the MCC Production. After seeing a preview of the show, English critic Mark Shenton blogged that the new version 'proves that miracles can happen,' and this is another sign for us as its authors that they continue to do so."

Composer Michael Gore added: "I'm extremely proud of this score, and it's a thrill to be recording this new MCC production with this fantastic cast. There have been so many requests for a recording over the years, so it's wonderful to be sending this out into the world at last!"

And Ghostlight President Kurt Deutsch says: “Preserving Carrie with the first real cast album insures that SHE will never die. I look forward to releasing on Ghostlight and hope that this album sparks the imagination the next generation of musical theatre artists and builds excitement for future productions to be licensed both nationally and internationally.”

The newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie features music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford (Academy Award winning composer and lyricist for the original film Fame) and a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (who also adapted the 1974 novel by Stephen King for the 1976 Brian DePalma film). Performances for Carrie began January 31, 2012, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) and officially opened on March 1, 2012; the show was originally scheduled to run through March 25, 2012.